Pedro Martins, Lord of the Tower of Vasconcelos
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Pedro Martins, Lord of the Tower of Vasconcelos, was a Portuguese 12th century noble knight, son of Martim Moniz[1] (great-great-grandson of Ferdinand I, Emperor of All Hispania, and legendary figure of the Siege of Lisbon in 1147) and Teresa Afonso (that some genealogists believe to have been a bastard daughter of the first King of Portugal, Afonso Henriques, or of king Alfonso VI of Castile[2]).
He was the Lord of the Tower of Vasconcelos and of the village of Amares, in the north of Portugal, in the modern district of Braga. The said tower, seat of the proeminent family of the Vasconcelos, had previously belonged to the Order of the Knights Templar.
Pedro Martins married Dona Teresa Soares da Silva, and had a son and a daughter[3]:
- Dom João Peres de Vasconcelos, “O Tenreiro”, the first to use the surname Vasconcelos and the one to give it continuity[4]; married to Maria Soares Coelho[5].
- Dona Sancha Peres de Vasconcelos, married first to Dom Mendo Afonso, and secondly to João Gomes Barreto[6].
[edit] References
- ^ Eugénio de Castro (1933), Os Meus Vasconcelos, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, p.7.
- ^ Felgueiras Gayo & Carvalhos de Basto (1989), Nobiliário das Famílias de Portugal, 2nd ed., Braga, p.65.
- ^ Eugénio de Castro (1933), Os Meus Vasconcelos, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, p.7.
- ^ José Augusto de Sotto Mayor Pizarro (1999), Linhagens Medievais Portuguesas, Porto, Universidade Moderna, 1st vol., p.481.
- ^ Cristovão Alão de Morais & Carvalhos de Basto (1997), Pedatura Lusitana, 2nd ed., Braga, 3rd vol., p.9.
- ^ Eugénio de Castro (1933), Os Meus Vasconcelos, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, p.8.
